The Familiar of Zero: Difference between revisions

[[In a World]] where young witches and wizards train at the [[Wizarding School|Tristain Academy of Magic]]. One of these students is Louise, who's so terrible at magic she's earned the nickname "Zero". When the time comes for students to summon their familiars, she ends up summoning Saito Hiraga, a normal teenager from modern Japan. Even though he's being treated like a dog and forced to do menial labor, Saito stays to protect his mistress. This means dealing with incoming advances from other women around him and getting involved in a war between Tristain's neighboring countries....

 

 

The light novels currently{{when}} stand at 20 volumes plus 3 side story volumes. You can find up to Volume 14 (and more being translated at varying speeds) [http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Zero_no_Tsukaima here].

** Saito persistently brushes off the advances of a [[Love Potion]] afflicted Louise in the first season. [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|Being]] [[Jerk Sue|Louise]] it does not stop her being furious with him when she recovers.

** He often acts this way towards the other women as well, despite the fact that they all insist they're okay with it. While he has intentionally kissed some of them, he often ends up regretting it.

* [[A-Cup Angst]]:

** Louise is very insecure about her bust size, and believes this is why Saito keeps looking at other women.

** There are names like Henrietta, Guiche, Tabitha, Agnes... all appropriate for the setting. Then there are names like Hiraga Saito and Siesta. People do notice Saito's fairly strange name, but it's justified. Seems to be played straight in Siesta's case - there's no expy nation of Spain, her only named relatives have British-sounding names, and she's of {{spoiler|''Japanese''}} descent.

* [[Alien Sky]]: The world the show takes place in has two moons, thus everyone assumes Saito's lying when he says his world has one.

* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Kirche.

* [[And Now You Must Marry Me]]:

* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Familiars are summoned to protect their masters. Saito is a familiar and Louise is his master. Do the math.

* [[Bolivian Army Ending]]: Both Volume 2 and 7 end with a variation of this, though the ones at the receiving end are not the main characters. In Volume 2, the Albionian Royalists’ glorious last stand {{spoiler|got most of the wind knocked out of it after Prince Wales’ assassination, so they ended up getting ignobly massacred}}. Volume 7 closes with Cromwell, [[Bait and Switch Boss|up to then the main antagonist]], cheerfully greeting the “reinforcements” from the Gallian airship armada… {{spoiler|only to be bombarded and killed along the rest of the Reconquista army.}}

* [[Broken Bird]]: {{spoiler|Tabitha; more on [[Rags to Royalty]].}}

* [[Broken Pedestal]]: {{spoiler|Viscount Wardes}} is this towards Louise.

* [[Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them]]: Pretty much the premise of the series.

** Taken to literal extremes in Volume 8 of the novel. {{spoiler|A depressed Louise is upset that even in a dream, she's unable to tell Saito she loves him. Deciding she can't leave him until she's said it at least once, she attempts suicide just to meet him again, only to be stopped by Siesta. Only to fall either way. Don't worry, they get out safe and sound... at Guiche's expense...}}

* [[Censor Steam]]: In the anime and light novels.

* [[Chains of Love]]: The second season ending theme, in lyrics and imagery.

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Headmaster Osmond.

* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Earth mages.

* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma]]: In the second novel, Saito tried to undress Louise in her sleep.

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: To list some of Saito's accomplishments:

** Saved {{spoiler|Tabitha, a princess of the neighboring country.}}

** Showed nobles that, yes, even commoners can kick their asses.

* [[Happily Married]]: {{spoiler|Louise and Saito in the series finale of the Anime. The show ends with Louise using World Door to visit Earth with Saito to announce their marriage to his parents.}}

* [[Happiness in Slavery]]: Even after all the whipping and explosions Saito has suffered under Louise, he still loves her and steadfastly remains loyal and protective. Quite possibly best exemplified in the last episode of season one, where {{spoiler|instead of going home to his world, Saito throws away his only chance to help/save/stay with Louise}}, and the first episode of season three, when {{spoiler|the runes disappear from Saito's hand, meaning he is no longer Louise's familiar. Despite this, he promises to never leave, suggesting they can now live as a regular couple. Of course, Louise, being the tsundere she is, promptly blows him up}}.

* [[Harem Hero]]: Saito. How many girls are fighting on his side?

* [[Harem Series]]: While {{spoiler|Louise is the obvious [[First Girl Wins|winner]]}}, most of the women in the show have expressed interest in Saito at one time or another, {{spoiler|including newcomer [[The Quiet One]] Tabitha, [http://watchanimenow.com/video/zero-no-tsukaima-princesses-no-rondo-episode-12/ who seals his lips with a kiss.]}}

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Tabitha and Tiffania does this a couple of times in Season 4, usually by being in Saito's bed. Cue a [[Not What It Looks Like]] moment before [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Louise]] blows him up.

* [[Subordinate Excuse]]: Used ineffectually by Louise and Saito.

* [[Summon Everyman Hero]]

* [[Superpowerful Genetics]]: The ability to use void magic is a trait limited to those with [[Royal Blood]] of the founders of Tristan, Romalia, Albion and Gallia. Not only that, there can be only one void user at a time for each bloodline, and each void user can only call a specific human familiar depending on the bloodline.

[[Category:Fantasy Anime and Manga]]

[[Category:Geneon]]

[[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]

[[Category:Thirteen-Episode Anime]]